1603 - Michael Trumper, composer 1633 - Gabriel Schutz, composer 1669 - Miguel Lopez, composer 1673 - Alessandro Marcello, Venice Italy, composer 1690 - Francesco Maria Veracini, Italian opera composer 1789 - Hippolyte-Andre-Baptiste Chelard, composer 1791 - Charles J Sax, Belgian music instrument builder 1801 - Adolf Fredrik Lindblad, composer 1821 - Charles Samvei Bovy-Lysberg, composer 1859 - Victor Herbert, Dublin, Ireland, composer (Babes in Toyland, Kiss in Dark) 1875 - Eddie Pola, composer (Lullabye of Broadway) 1877 - Thomas Frederick Dunhill, composer 1879 - Sydney Baynes, composer 1880 - Antonio Guarnieri, composer 1880 - Francesco Balilla Pratella, composer 1881 - Jose Ignacio Quinton, composer 1892 - K Rudolf Mengelberg, composer/musicologist (Amsterdam Concert Hall) 1894 - James P. Johnson, American pianist and composer (Charleston, If I Could be With You One Hour Tonight) 1902 - Carlo Borbolla, composer 1902 - Langston Hughes, Joplin, Missouri, American poet (Weary Blues) and playwright (Mulatto) 1906 - Hildegarde, Adell Wisc, night club vocalist (I’ll Be Seeing You) 1906 - Pierre Cardevielle, French composer/conductor (Amants Captifs) 1907 - Mozart Camargo Guarnieri, São Paulo Brazil, composer/conductor 1908 - Edward Staempfli, composer 1928 - Ursula Mamlok, composer 1934 - Bob Shane, vocalist (Kingston Trio-Scarlet Ribbons) 1937 - Don Everly, Brownie Ky, vocalist (Everly Bros-Wake Up Little Susie) 1937 - Dr Hook, [Ray Sawyer], Ala, vocalist (Dr Hook-When You’re in Love) 1938 - Jimmy Carl Black, rocker (Mothers Of Invention) 1939 - Del McCoury, bluegrass singer/musician 1939 - Claude François, French singer (d. 1978) 1944 - Tommy Duffy, rocker (Echos) 1945 - Ole Buck, composer 1947 - Mike Brant, Israeli pop singer (d. 1975) 1947 - Normie Rowe, Australian singer 1950 - Mike Campbell, American guitarist and producer 1952 - Rick James, [James Johnson], rock/soul/funk vocalist (Super Freak) 1954 - Mike Campbell, guitarist (Tom Petty & Heartbreakers-Breakdown) 1954 - Chuck Dukowski, American musician (Black Flag) 1956 - Exene Cervenka, American musician 1962 - Tomoyasu Hotei, Japanese guitarist 1964 - Jani Lane, [John Kennedy Oswald] heavy metal musician and singer (Warrant-Cherry Pie) 1964 - Dwayne Rudolph Goettel, musician 1964 - Mario Pelchat, Quebec singer 1969 - Joshua Redman, American musician 1969 - Patrick Wilson, American musician (Drummer for Weezer) 1971 - Ron Welty, American musician 1972 - Kami (musician), drummer of Japanese visual kei band Malice Mizer (d.1999) 1973 - Yuri Landman, Experimental musical instrument builder, musician and comic book artist 1975 - Big Boi, American musician (Outkast) 1979 - Valentin Elizalde, Mexican Singer (d.2006) 1989 - Hurricane Chris, American rapper 1990 - Laura Marling, British singer-songwriter 1994 - Harry Styles, Holmes Chapel Cheshire, British pop singer (One Direction)
2. februar
1669 - Louis Marchand, composer 1714 - Gottfried August Homilius, composer 1748 - Christian Gottfried Thomas, composer 1773 - Vincenc Tomas Vaclav Tucek, composer 1804 - Leopold Eugen Mechura, composer 1817 - Jose Maria de la Purificacion Ventura, composer 1840 - Louis Bourgault-Ducoudray, composer 1844 - Leander Schlegel, composer 1847 - Jules Francois Blasini, Curacaos pianist/composer 1856 - Makar Grigori Ekmalyan, composer 1873 - Leopold Fall, Austria, operetta composer (Dollar Princess) 1875 - Fritz Kreisler, Vienna Austria, violinist/composer 1883 - Mikhail Fabianovich Gnesin, composer 1887 - Ernst Hanfstängl, German pianist and politician (d. 1975) 1888 - Candelario Huizar, composer 1904 - Jose Enrique Pedreira, composer 1908 - Pavel Sivic, composer 1908 - Renzo Rossellini, Italian composer 1911 - Jean-Jacques Grunenwald, French organist/composer 1912 - Burton Lane, Broadway composer (Finian’s Rainbow) 1919 - Lisa Debeljevic-della Casa, Swiss vocalist 1924 - Elfi von Dassanowsky, Austrian-American producer and musician 1925 - Michel Paul Philippot, composer 1926 - Wanda Lewis, Struther Ohio, actress (This is Music, Paul Dixon Show) 1927 - Richard Vance Maxfield, composer 1927 - Stan Getz, Phila, jazz tenor saxophonist (Benny Goodman, Jimmy Dorsey) 1928 - Alan Fluck, musical educationalist 1929 - Reiner Bredemeyer, composer 1937 - Martina Arroyo, opera soprano (NY Met), born in NYC, New York 1940 - Alan "Tea" Caddy, rock guitarist (Tornados-Globetrotter) 1941 - Serge Alexandrovich Tcherepnin, composer 1942 - Graham Nash, guitarist (Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young-Southern Cross) 1943 - Peter MacBeth, rocker (Foundations) 1944 - Andrew Davis, Ashbridge, England, conductor (New Phil Orch-London) 1944 - Ursula Oppens, pianist/co-founder (Speculum Musicae-NYC), born in NYC, New York 1945 - Ronnie Goodson, rocker 1946 - Howard Bellamy, Darby Fla, vocalist (Bellamy Bros-Let Your Love Flow) 1947 - Derek Shulman, rocker 1947 - Peter Lucia, rock drummer (Tommy James & Shondells-Crystal Blue) 1948 - Alan McKay, rocker (Earth Wind & Fire-Boogie Wonderland) 1948 - Tony DeMeur, rocker (Fabulous Poodles-Anna Rexia, Suicide Bridge) 1949 - Jetty Weels, Surinamese/Dutch vocalist (Mai Tai) 1949 - Ross Valory, SF, rock bassist (Journey - Who’s Crying Now, Open Arms) 1949 - Tom Tripplehorn, rocker (Gary Lewis & Playboys-This Diamond Ring) 1951 - Alphonso Johnson, jazz bassist 1954 - Hansi Hinterseer, Austrian singer, actor, former skier 1963 - Eva Cassidy, American singer (d. 1996) 1968 - Simon Wickham-Smith, composer and Mongolist 1972 - Dana International, Israeli singer 1972 - Tego Calderón, nominated reggaeton singer/rapper. 1973 - Sergio Gonzalez, rocker (Menudo-Cannonball) 1977 - Shakira [Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll], Barranquilla, Colombian pop singer (’Whenever Wherever’, ’Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)’) 1977 - Heather Martin, American gospel singer 1978 - Eden Espinosa, American singer and stage actress 1980 - Gucci Mane, African-American rapper 1983 - Alex Westaway, British musician 1992 - Danielle White, American singer
3. februar
1525 - Giovanni Perluigi da Palestrina, composer 1648 - Louis Bouteiller, composer 1736 - Johann Georg Albrechtsberger, Austria organist/composer 1740 - Guillaume Lasceux, composer 1755 - Florido Tomeoni, composer 1784 - John Fane graaf van Westmorland, English (opera)composer/diplomat 1809 - Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Hamburg Germ, composer (Great Scherzos) 1817 - Emile Racine Gauthier Prudent, composer 1842 - Sidney Clopton Lanier, US, composer/poet (Hall of Fame) 1868 - Damaso Ledesma, composer 1886 - Erwin Kroll, composer 1887 - Carlo Jachino, composer 1895 - Nick Kenny, Astoria columnist/songwriter (Nick Kenny Show), born in NYC, New York 1900 - Mabel Mercer, English cabaret vocalist (Fly Me to the Moon) 1903 - Priaulx Rainier, composer 1904 - Luigi Dallapiccola, Pisino Istria, Italian composer 1906 - Ludvig Nielsen, composer 1910 - Blas Galindo Dimas, San Gabriel Mexico, composer (A la Patria) 1911 - Jehan [Ariste] Alain, French organist/composer 1911 - Jesse Thomas, blues singer 1915 - Richard Bales, composer 1923 - Alys Robi, Quebec singer 1927 - Val Doonican, Irish singer and entertainer 1929 - Russell Arms, Berkeley California, vocalist (Your Hit Parade) 1929 - Val Doonican, Irish singer/entertainer 1935 - Johnny "Guitar" Watson, rock guitarist 1941 - Chuck Tharp, rock vocalist (Fireballs) 1943 - Dennis Edwards, Fairfield Alabama, lead singer of the Temptations ("Papa was a Rollin’ Stone") 1943 - Eric Haydock, bassist (Hollies-He Aint Heavy He’s My Brother) 1944 - Trisha Noble, Australian singer and actress 1945 - Johnny Cymbal, rocker (Mr Bass Man) 1945 - Willeke Alberti, [Verbruggen], Dutch vocalist/actress (Small Truth) 1947 - Chose Alberts, [Krommenhoek], vocalist (Yet Many Years) 1947 - Dave Davies, rock vocalist/guitarist (Kinks-Lola), born in London, England 1947 - Koos Alberts, [Krommenhoek], Dutch vocalist (Many More Years to Come) 1947 - Melanie, [Safka], Astoria, vocalist/songwriter (Candles in Rain) 1949 - Oscar Benton, Dutch blues vocalist/guitarist (Ze is Zoals Jij) 1949 - Arthur Kane, American musician 1956 - Lee Ranaldo, American musician (Sonic Youth) 1958 - Lee Crystal, rocker (Joan Jett & Blackhearts-Ashes in the Wind) 1959 - Loi Tolhurst, rocker (Cure-Hell’s Kitchen) 1959 - Yasuharu Konishi, Japanese musician (Pizzicato Five) 1960 - Richard Kotzen, rocker 1961 - Linda Eder, American singer 1977 - Daddy Yankee, reggaeton singer/rapper. 1978 - Eliza Schneider, American actress and singer 1981 - Alisa Reyes, American actress and singer 1982 - Jessica Harp, American singer (The Wreckers) 1990 - Sean Kingston, American reggae rapper
4. februar
1549 - Eustache du Caurroy, composer 1581 - Daniel Selich, composer 1677 - Johann Ludwig Bach, German composer (d. 1731) 1751 - Blas de Laserna, composer 1758 - Pierre-Gabriel Gardel, French ballet dancer/choreographer 1767 - Johann Franz Volkert, composer 1805 - Georg Andreas Henkel, composer 1875 - Raymond Moulaert, composer 1876 - Victor Jean Leonard Vreuls, composer 1893 - Bernard Rogers, composer (Warrior, Marriage of Aude, Passion), born in NYC, New York 1903 - Edwin Denby, Tientsin China, US dance critic/poet (Snoring in N) 1903 - Siro Cisilino, composer 1904 - Predrag Milosevic, composer 1908 - Emmanuel "Manny" Klein, trumpeter 1910 - Alfred Mendelsohn, composer 1912 - Erich Leinsdorf, Vienna Austria, available conductor & banana eater 1915 - Ray Evans, American songwriter with Jay Livingston (d. 2007) 1916 - David Vassall Cox, composer 1918 - Norman Wisdom, comedian (Kraft Music Hall), born in London, England 1922 - Pandit Bhimsen Joshi, Indian Classical Singer 1929 - Paul Burlison, rocker 1931 - Isabel Peron, [Maria Martinez], dancer/president Argentina 1932 - Ivan Davis, Electra Texas, pianist/writer (Hunger, Corn is Green) 1934 - Jouko Sakari Linjama, composer 1941 - John Steel, rock drummer (Animals-House of the Rising Sun) 1942 - Johnny Gamble, rocker (Classics) 1944 - Florence LaRue Gordon, Penn, rocker (5th Dimension-One Less Bell) 1946 - Roy Yeager, Doraville Ga, rocker (Atlanta Rhythm Section) 1948 - Alice Cooper, [Vincent Furnier], rocker (School’s Out), born in Detroit, Michigan 1950 - James Dunn, US vocalist (Stylistics-You make me feel Brand New) 1950 - Philip Ehart, rock drummer (Kansas) 1950 - Robert-John Stips, rock keyboardist/singer (The Nits) 1951 - Dariush Eghbali, Iranian singer and musician 1952 - Jerry Shirley, rock drummer (Humble Pie-Hot N Nasty, Eat It) 1953 - Kitaro, Japanese composer 1957 - Don Davis, American composer 1960 - Tim Booth, British singer (James) 1960 - Jonathan Larson, American composer (d. 1996) 1962 - Clint Black, Long Branch NJ, country vocalist (A Better Man) 1964 - Noodles, American guitarist (The Offspring) 1966 - Spike, rocker [or Sep 18] 1969 - Duncan Coutts, Canadian bassist (Our Lady Peace) 1976 - Cam’ron, American rapper 1977 - Gavin DeGraw, American musician 1982 - Kimberly Wyatt, American singer and dancer (Pussycat Dolls)
5. februar
1662 - Giuseppi Vignola, composer 1711 - Joseph Umstatt, composer 1732 - Nathanael Gottfried Gruner, composer 1748 - Christian Gottlob Neefe, German composer/conductor/tutor of Beethoven 1810 - Ole Bull, Norwegian violinist (d. 1880) 1862 - Felipe Villanueva y Gutierrez, Mexico, composer 1863 - Armand Parent, composer 1864 - Carl Teike, composer 1865 - Harvey Worthington Loomis, composer 1866 - Rossetter Gleason Cole, composer 1868 - Lodewijk Mortelmans, composer 1882 - Felice Lattuada, composer 1889 - Ioan Dumitru Chirescu, composer 1902 - Bronislaw Kaper, composer 1903 - Ivan Galamian, Tabriz Persia, violinist 1909 - Grazyna Bacewicz, composer 1912 - Zoltan Pongracz, composer 1913 - Rozelle Claxton, pianist/arranger 1918 - Kara Abulfazogli Karayev, composer 1921 - John M Pritchard, conductor, born in London, England 1923 - Claude King, American musician, (d. 2013) 1935 - Alex Harvey, rocker (Just Visiting This Planet) 1937 - Cocky van Oost, [Kommertje van Vliet], Dutch dancer (Sylphides) 1938 - Dick van Niehoff, Dutch vocalist (Fouryo) 1941 - Barrett Strong, vocalist (Money, That’s What I Want), born in Detroit, Michigan 1941 - Rick Laird, jazz musician (Gerry Niewood & Timepiece) 1942 - Cory Wells, rock vocalist (3 Dog Night-Joy to the World), born in Buffalo, New York 1943 - Charles Winfield, Penn, rocker (Blood Sweat & Tears-Spinning Wheel) 1943 - Ivan Alexandrovich Tcherepnin, composer 1943 - Larry Tamblyn, rock guitarist (Standells-Dirty Water) 1943 - Sven Johnson, rocker (Tangerine Dream 1944 - Al Kooper, rock keyboards/vocalist (Blood Sweat & Tears-When I Die) 1944 - Cory Wells, rocker 1944 - J R Cobb, Birmingham Ala, rocker (Atlanta Rhythm Section, Classic IV) 1947 - Claude King, singer 1948 - David Denny, rock guitarist (Steve Miller Band-Abracadabra) 1948 - Nigel Tufnel, rocker (Spinal Tap) 1949 - Nigel Olsson, rock guitarist/drummer (Elton John Band) 1950 - Ann Sexton, US vocalist (You’re Gone too Long) 1951 - Elizabeth Swados, composer/playwright (1972 TONY), born in Buffalo, New York 1952 - Daniel Balavoine, French singer and songwriter (d. 1986) 1954 - Cliff Martinez, American musician 1964 - Alexia, Cypriot singer 1964 - Duff McKagan [Michael Andrew], American bassist (Guns N’ Roses), born in Seattle, Washington 1968 - Chris Barron, rocker (Spin Doctors) 1968 - Nir Kabaretti, Israeli conductor 1969 - Bobby Brown, Roxbury Ma, US singer-songwriter ("My Prerogative") 1971 - Sara Evans, American singer 1973 - Trijntje Oosterhuis, Dutch singer 1975 - Adam Carson, American musician (AFI) 1985 - Lindsey Cardinale, American singer
6. februar
1673 - Maximilian Dietrich Freisslich, composer 1695 - Andre Cheron, composer 1705 - Johann Matthias Leffloth, composer 1793 - Pietro Rovelli, composer 1802 - Charles Wheatstone, English physicist/musician [or Feb 7] 1807 - Hans Matthison-Hansen, composer 1834 - Ema Puksec, Croatian singer (d. 1889) 1848 - Luigi Mancinelli, composer 1878 - Waclaw Gieburowski, composer 1881 - Karl Weigl, composer 1900 - Roy Smeck, guitarist/banjoist 1902 - George Brunies, American musician (d. 1974) 1904 - Claudio Arrau, Chile, composer/pianist (Boston Symphony Orchestra) 1909 - Israel Citkowitz, composer 1916 - Bill Doggett, rocker 1917 - Arthur Gold, Toronto, Canada, pianist 1917 - Liberato Firmino Sifonia, composer 1923 - Maurice Le Roux, composer 1936 - Otis Williams, rocker (Charms) 1938 - Ellsworth Milburn, composer 1941 - Stephen Albert, composer 1942 - John London, bassist (Michael Nesmith band) 1943 - Fabian [Fabiano Anthony Forte], American vocalist (Turn Me Loose, Tiger), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1945 - Bob [Robert Nesta] Marley, Nine Mile St Ann, Jamaican reggae musician and singer-songwriter (Wailers-No Woman) 1946 - Kate McGarrigle, Canadian folk muisc singer-songwriter, born in Montreal, Quebec (d. 2010) 1950 - Mike Batt, composer/arranger 1950 - Natalie Cole, vocalist (Pink Cadillac, Miss You Like Crazy), born in Los Angeles, California 1950 - Punky Meadows, Washington DC, rock guitarist (Angel) 1951 - Margo [Margeret Catherine O’Donnell ], County Donegal Ireland, Irish singer 1954 - Scott Kempner, "Top Ten" rocker (Del Lords) 1957 - Jerry Marotta, rocker (Orleans-Love Takes Time) 1957 - Simon Phillips, Drummer of Toto (band) 1962 - Axl Rose, [William Bailey], Lafayette In, vocalist (Guns & Roses) 1964 - Skip Ewing, Redlands California, country vocalist (Coast of Colorado) 1966 - Rick Astley, rock vocalist (Never Gonna Give You Up) 1967 - Anita Cochran, American singer 1967 - Izumi Sakai, Japanese singer (Zard) (d. 2007) 1968 - Akira Yamaoka, Japanese composer 1975 - Tomoko Kawase, Japanese singer 1979 - Dan Bălan, Moldovan singer and former member of the band O-Zone 1981 - Jens Lekman, Swedish musician 1982 - Tank, Mandopop singer 1984 - Piret Järvis, Estonian singer 1988 - Allison Holker, American dancer
7. februar
1707 - Carl August Thielo, composer 1710 - William Boyce, English organist/composer of Cathedral music 1739 - Joseph Pouteau, composer 1758 - Benedikt Emanuel Schack, composer 1822 - Joaquin y Garbayo Gaztambide, composer 1823 - Richard Genee, composer 1825 - Crystobal Oudrid y Segura, composer 1847 - Ernst Franck, German composer/conductor 1863 - Mieczyslaw Soltys, composer 1864 - Arthur Collins, singer/comedian (Peerless Quartet) 1864 - Ricardo Castro Herrera, composer 1871 - Karl Wilhelm Eugen Stenhammer, composer 1875 - Erkki Gustav Melartin, composer 1875 - Walter Courvoisier, composer 1877 - Feliks Nowowiejski, composer 1878 - Ossip Gabrilovich, composer 1887 - Eubie Blake, Baltimore Maryland, US ragtime composer/pianist (Memories of You) (d. 1983) 1891 - Joachim Stutschewsky, composer 1897 - Quincy Porter, New Haven Ct, composer 1898 - Dock Boggs, American musician (d. 1971) 1920 - Oscar Brand, Winnipeg Canada, folk vocalist (Draw Me a Laugh) 1924 - Johnny Jordaan, [Jan van Musscher], Amsterdam folk vocalist 1925 - Marius Constant, Rumania, Dutch composer/conductor (Paradise Lost) 1927 - John Buller, composer 1934 - Earl King [Solomon Johnson], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Come On), born in New Orleans, Louisiana 1934 - King Curtis, [Curtis Ousley], US vocalist (Memphis Soul Stew) 1938 - Robert Frank Baksa, composer 1946 - Lawrence Ascott, rocker (Isotope) 1946 - Sammy Johns, rocker (Politics, Religion & Her), (d. 2013) 1948 - Jimmy Greenspoon, LA Cal, rock organist (3 Dog Night-Joy to the World) 1949 - Alan Lancaster, bassist (Status Quo-Down Down, On the Level) 1952 - Vasco Rossi, Italian singer 1954 - Peter Bohlen German composer 1956 - Mark St. John, American musician (Kiss) (d. 2007) 1957 - Richard Cook, British jazz writer (d. 2007) 1958 - Manuel Mijares, Mexico, spanish vocalist (Maria Bonita) 1959 - Brian Travers, rock saxophonist (UB40-Red Wine) 1962 - Garth Brooks, Tulsa Oklahoma, country vocalist (No Fences, Double Live) 1962 - David Bryan, rock keyboardist (Bon Jovi-You Give Love a Bad Name) 1968 - Sully Erna, American singer (Godsmack) 1975 - Wes Borland, American guitarist (Limp Bizkit) 1988 - Ai Kago, Japanese singer 1992 - Maimi Yajima, Japanese singer 1996 - Mai Hagiwara, Japanese singer
8. februar
1586 - Jacob Praetorius, composer 1708 - Vaclav Jan Kopriva, composer 1741 - Andre-Ernest-Modeste Gretry, composer 1764 - Joseph Leopold von Eybler, Austrian composer 1789 - Ludwig Wilhelm Maurer, composer 1810 - Norbert Burgmuller, composer 1828 - Antonio Cagnoni, composer 1888 - Matthijs Vermeulen, Dutch composer/music critic 1891 - Edgar Palm, Curacao, pianist/composer 1900 - Guy Douglas Hamilton Warrack, composer 1903 - Greta Keller, Austrian-born cabaret singer and actress (d. 1977) 1904 - Igor’ Fyodorovich Belza, composer 1906 - Artur Balsam, Polish/US pianist (Begeleidde Menuhin, Milstein) 1908 - Grigor Eghiazaryan, composer 1912 - Simon Jurovsky, composer 1914 - Jules van Ackere, Flemish musicologist (Eternal Music) 1915 - Lambros Georges Guetary Worloou, singer 1919 - Buddy Morrow, orchestra leader (Jimmie Rodgers Show) 1925 - Alvin Brehm, composer 1927 - Zdenek Zouhar, composer 1930 - Manuel Castillo, composer 1932 - John Towner Williams, Flushing NY, composer/conductor (Boston Pops) 1933 - Elly Ameling, Rotterdam Holland, soprano (Ilya-Idomeneo) 1936 - Larry Verne, singer (Custer) 1937 - Joe Raposa, composer/songwriter (Sesame Street) 1938 - Ray Sharpe, singer 1940 - Talib Rasul Hakim, composer 1941 - Tom Rush, NH, rock guitarist/vocalist (Circle Game, Urge For Going) 1943 - Creed Bratton, California, rock guitarist (Grass Roots-Sooner or Later) 1943 - Jose de Almeida Prado, composer 1946 - "Fito" Adolpho De La Parra, rocker (Canned Heat-Hot Money), born in Los Angeles, California 1946 - Paul Wheatbread, rocker (Gary Puckett & Union Gap-Young Girl) 1948 - Dan Seals, McCamey Texas, country singer (England Dan & John Ford Coley-You Still Move Me) 1950 - Michael Goodroe, rock bassist (Motels-Only the Lonely) 1950 - Ted Turner, rocker (Wishbone Ash) 1952 - Hans Van de Lubbe, Dutch bassist/singer (Dike) 1956 - Dave Meros, American bassist (Spock’s Beard) 1961 - Sammy Llanas, rocker (Bodeans) 1961 - Vince Neil, American singer (Mötley Crüe) 1963 - Joshua Kadison, American pianist and songwriter 1968 - Claudette Pace, Maltese singer 1977 - Dave Farrell, American musician (Linkin Park) 1979 - Josh Keaton, American actor and singer 1980 - Cameron Muncey, Australian guitarist (Jet) 1981 - Myriam Montemayor Cruz, Mexican singer 1983 - Jim Verraros, American singer
9. februar
1607 - Abraham Megerle, composer 1741 - Henri-Joseph Rigel, composer 1744 - Amos Bull, composer 1756 - Karel Blazej Kopriva, composer 1771 - Daniel Belknap, composer 1780 - Walenty Karol Kratzer, composer 1808 - Francesco Gomez da Rocha, composer 1834 - Franz Xaver Witt, composer 1867 - Edward Naylor, composer 1875 - Sidney Hugo Nicholson, composer 1879 - Carl Natanael Berg, composer 1885 - Alban Maria Johannes Berg, Vienna Austria, a Lulu of a composer! 1902 - Blanche Calloway, US vocalist/dancer (12 Clouds of Joy) 1903 - Georg Trexler, composer 1906 - Gwen Catley, British(?) soprano 1909 - Carmen Miranda, Brazil, vocalist/actress (Copacabana, Date With Judy) 1909 - Harald Genzmer, composer 1914 - Ernest Tubb, Tx, guitarist/singer (I’m Walking the Floor over You) 1914 - Ralph Herman, Milwaukee Wisc, orchestra leader (Circus Time) 1923 - Kathryn Grayson, NC, vocalist/actress (Anchors Aweigh, Kiss Me Kate) 1924 - George Guest, British organist 1929 - James Mulcro Drew, composer 1929 - Willem Kersters, Flemish composer (Parwati, Gospel Song) 1930 - Emil Petrovics, composer 1931 - Xavier Benguerel, composer 1936 - Stompin’ Tom Connors, Canadian country singer, (d. 2013) 1937 - Johnny Sayles, US vocalist (You Made Me Wiggle) 1939 - Barry Mann, R&B singer (Who Put the Bomp in the Bomp Bomp Bomp) 1940 - Brian Bennett, rock drummer (Shadows), born in London, England 1942 - Carole King, [Klein], Brooklyn NY, pianist/singer (Tapestry) 1942 - Charlie Morrow, composer 1942 - Milos Stedron, composer 1943 - Barbara Lewis, US vocalist (Hello Stranger) 1947 - Joe Ely, Amarillo Tx, country vocalist (Honky Tonk Masquerade) 1947 - Major Harris, US R&B-singer (Love won’t Let me wait) 1951 - Dennis "Dee Tee" Thomas, saxophonist (Kool & Gang-Celebration) 1960 - Holly Johnson, Liverpool England, rock vocalist (Frankie Goes To Hollywood) 1961 - Jussi Lampi, Finnish musician and actor 1962 - Anik Bissonnette, Quebec ballet dancer (Les Grands Ballets Canadiens) 1963 - Travis Tritt, Marietta Ga, country vocalist (Country Club) 1964 - Rachel Bolan, rocker (Skid Row) 1966 - Amanda Roocroft, opera singer 1966 - James "Rachel" Bolan, Pt Pleasant NJ, rocker (Skid Row-Psycho Love) 1968 - Alejandra Guzmán, Mexican singer 1981 - James Owen Sullivan [The Rev], Huntington Beach California, drummer and songwriter (Avenged Sevenfold) (d.2009) 1982 - Ami Suzuki, Japanese singer 1984 - Han Kyung, Korean singer Super Junior 1989 - Gia Farrell, American singer
10. februar
1696 - Johann Melchior Molter, composer 1702 - Jean-Pierre Guignon, composer 1717 - Pierre de La Garde, composer 1735 - Johann Christoph Kuhnau, composer 1741 - Franz Adam Veichtner, composer 1750 - Stanislao Mattei, composer 1788 - Johann Peter Pixis, composer 1819 - Richard Storrs Willis, composer 1841 - Walter Parratt, composer 1866 - Bror Beckman, composer 1869 - Vasily Pavovlich Kalafati, composer 1879 - Franz Carl Bornschein, composer 1898 - Bertolt Brecht, Germany, playwright (Mother Courage)/composer 1903 - Matvey Isaakovich Blanter, composer 1905 - Vilko Ukmar, Slovenian composer 1908 - Jean Coulthard, composer 1921 - Adrian Cruft, composer 1923 - Cesare Siepi, Milan Italy, basso (NY Metropolitan Opera) 1924 - Randy Van Horne, El Paso Tx, vocalist (Nat King Cole Show) 1927 - Leontyne Mary Violet Price, Laurel Miss, opera soprano (Porgy & Bess) 1929 - Jerry Goldsmith, pianist/composer (Twilight Zone) 1930 - Peter Phillips, composer [or Jun 18] 1931 - Gerhard Rosenfeld, composer 1931 - Makoto Shinohara, composer 1932 - Rockin Dopsie Sr, [Alton Jay Rubin], Jazz-Fusion singer (Zydeco) 1935 - Salvator Pueyo, composer 1935 - Theodore Antoniou, composer 1937 - Don Wilson, rock guitarist (Ventures-Walk Don’t Run, Batman Theme) 1939 - Barbara Kolb, Hartford Ct, composer (Trobar Jus) 1939 - Roberta Flack, Black Mountain North Carolina, US vocalist (If Ever I Saw Your Face) 1940 - Hamish Imlach, folk singer/comic 1940 - Jimmy Merchant, American rock vocalist (Frankie Lymon & Teenagers-Why Do Fools), born in NYC, New York 1943 - Ral Donner, [Ralph Stuart], Black Mountain NC, singer (Starfires) 1944 - Peter Allen, Australia, vocalist/pianist (I Go to Rio, Legs Diamond) 1944 - Rufus Reid, American musician 1947 - Butch Morris, American jazz cornetist and composer 1948 - Conrad Cummings, composer 1949 - Maxime Le Forestier, French singer 1953 - Carl Joseph Stone, composer 1958 - Michael Weiss, American musician 1960 - Lionel Cartwright, Ohio, country vocalist (I Watched it on the Radio) 1962 - Cliff Burton, rocker (Metallica) 1974 - Ivri Lider, Israeli singer 1975 - Kool Savas, German rapper 1976 - Kev Brown, American rapper/producer 1978 - Don Omar, Puerto Rican singer 1979 - Daryl Palumbo, American musician 1981 - Tholomew Plague, drummer (Avenged Sevenfold) 1981 - Natasha St-Pier, Canadian singer 1987 - Choi Si Won, Korean singer (Super Junior)
11. februar
1755 - Albert Christoph Dies, composer 1790 - Ignaz Assmayer, composer 1810 - Loisa Puget, composer 1819 - Samuel Parkman Tuckerman, composer 1830 - Hans Bronsart von Schellendorf, composer 1830 - Peter Arnold Heise, composer 1874 - Fritz Bennicke Hart, composer 1875 - Sara Wennerberg-Reuter, composer 1879 - Jean Gilbert, composer 1882 - Gheorghe Cucu, composer 1883 - Paul August von Klenau, Danish composer/conductor (Sulamith) 1889 - John Mills, dancer (Mills Brothers) 1889 - Vladimir Mikhaylovich Deshevov, composer 1894 - Alfonso Leng, composer 1895 - Viktor Nikolayevich Trambitsky, composer 1897 - Yves de La Casiniere, composer 1903 - Hans Redlich, composer 1908 - Josh White, rocker 1912 - Rudolf Firkusny, Napajedla Czechoslovakia, pianist (Julliard) 1913 - Lucio Diestro San Pedro, composer 1914 - Matt Dennis, vocalist (Matt Dennis Show), born in Seattle, Washington 1914 - Menelaos Pallantios, composer 1922 - Tudor Jarda, composer 1926 - Alexander Gibson, British conductor/founder (Scottish Opera) 1928 - Raoul Cita, rocker 1929 - Leonard Gregory Kastle, composer 1930 - C H Dearnley, organist 1932 - Jerome Lowenthal, Phila, pianist/prof (Jerusalem Academy of Music) 1934 - Francesco Pennisi, composer 1935 - Bent Lorentzen, composer 1935 - Gene Vincent, Norfolk Va, rock guitarist/vocalist (Be-Bop-A-Lula) 1937 - Lodewijk Boer, Dutch violinist/playwright (The Family) 1938 - Willy Correa de Oliveira, composer 1938 - Bobby "Boris" Pickett, singer-songwriter (Monster Mash) 1939 - Gerry Goffin, American rock lyricist (married Carole King), born in Queens NY, (d. 2014) 1941 - Sergio Mendes, jazz/pop musician (Brazil ’66/’77/’88) 1942 - Leon Haywood, US vocalist/keyboardist (It’s Got to be Mellow) 1942 - Otis Clay, US gospel/R&B-singer (That’s how it is) 1943 - Serge Lama, French singer 1947 - Joselito, Spanish singer 1949 - Charlie Hargrett, rock guitarist (Blackfoot) 1950 - Rochelle Fleming, US soul vocalist (First Choice, Smarty Pants) 1953 - Alan Rubin, music figure (Blues Brothers) 1954 - Noriyuki Asakura, Japanese composer 1956 - H.R., American singer 1956 - Didier Lockwood, French violinist 1961 - Becky LeBeau, vocalist (Mischief), born in Los Angeles, California 1970 - Fredrik Thordendal, Swedish musician 1973 - Ethan Iverson, jazz pianist 1973 - Varg Vikernes, Norwegian musician 1974 - D’Angelo, American singer 1977 - Mike Shinoda, American musician, Linkin Park, Fort Minor 1979 - Brandy [Norwood], singer (Les Miserables, Moisha) 1981 - Kelly Rowland, American singer 1984 - Matt Good, American musician 1984 - Aubrey O’Day, American singer 1985 - William Beckett, lead singer of the American rock band The Academy Is...
12. februar
1567 - Thomas Campion, England, composer/poet/physician 1740 - Matej Sojka, composer 1751 - Joseph Waast Aubert Nonot, composer 1752 - Josef Reicha, Czech composer 1753 - Lambert-Francois Godecharle, composer 1758 - Christian Ignatius Latrobe, composer 1760 - Jan Ladislav Dussek, Bohemia, pianist/composer 1778 - Franz Joseph Volkert, composer 1853 - Bertram Luard-Selby, composer 1867 - Joe Howard, vocalist (Gay Nineties Revue), born in NYC, New York 1870 - Marie Lloyd, English music-hall performer (d. 1922) 1885 - Licinio Refice, composer 1886 - Gustaf Lazarus Nordqvist, composer 1886 - Michel Brusselmans, composer 1891 - Maurice Yvain, composer 1898 - [Le]Roy Harris, Oklahoma, composer (When Johnny Comes Marching Home) 1899 - Albert Huybrechts, composer 1902 - William D Revelli, Spring Gulch Colorado, band leader 1909 - Barry Wood, New Haven Ct, vocalist (Your Hit Parade) 1914 - Gordon Tex Beneke, saxophonist/bandleader/vocalist (Glenn Miller Orch) 1916 - Karl Hubert Rudolf Schiske, Austrian composer (Vom Tode) 1917 - Thomas K Scherman, conductor (Little Orch Society 1947-75), born in NYC, New York 1923 - Mel Powell, composer 1929 - Agustin Gonzalez Acilu, composer 1935 - Gene McDaniels, US vocalist/bandleader/actor (Young Swingers) 1936 - Arnost Parsch, composer 1939 - Ray Manzarek, American keyboardist (Doors-Light My Fire, Unknown Soldier) 1942 - Lionel Grigson, professor of jazz 1942 - Rick Frank, rocker 1944 - Moe Bandy, Meridian Ms, country vocalist (Just Good Ol’ Boys) 1945 - Joe Schermie, Madison Wi, bassist (3 Dog Night-Joy to the World) 1946 - Ajda Pekkan, Turkish singer 1947 - Guus Willemse, Dutch bassist/singer (Solution) 1949 - Stanley Knight, country artist (Black Oak Arkansas-High on the Hog) 1950 - Steve Hackett, rock guitarist (Genesis-Against All Odds/GTR) 1951 - Gil "The Bird" Moore, rocker (Triumph) 1952 - Michael McDonald, St Louis, rock keyboardist/vocals (Doobie Brothers) 1954 - Tzimis Panousis, Greek musician and stand-up comedian 1955 - Bill Laswell, American bassist and record producer 1958 - Grant McLennan, Australian musician (The Go-Betweens) (d. 2006) 1959 - Omar Hakim, drummer (Dire Straits, Weather Report) 1967 - Chitravina N. Ravikiran, Indian composer and musician 1968 - Chynna Phillips, vocalist (Wilson Philips-Hold On), born in Los Angeles, California 1968 - Grégory Charles, French Canadian singer, dancer, pianist, radio and television host 1969 - Meja, Swedish singer 1970 - Jim Creeggan, Canadian bassist (Barenaked Ladies)
13. februar
1660 - Johann Sigismund Kusser, composer 1713 - Domingo Miguel Bernaube Terradellas, composer 1721 - John Reid, composer 1755 - Francois Alexander Sallantin, composer 1778 - Fernando Sor, composer 1787 - James P Carrell, composer 1820 - Bela Albrecht Pal Keler, composer 1837 - Valentin de Zubiaurre y Unionbarrenechea, composer 1840 - Georg Jacobi, composer 1862 - Karel Weis, composer 1870 - Leopold Godowsky, Lithuania, virtuoso pianist/composer 1877 - Jazeps Medins, composer 1883 - Bainbridge Crist, composer 1907 - Katy de la Cruz, Filipino singer (d. 2004) 1908 - Gerald Strang, Claresholm Canada, composer 1914 - George Kleinsinger, San Bernardino CA, composer (Tubby the Tuba) 1919 - Joan Edwards, vocalist (Joan Edwards Show), born in NYC, New York 1919 - Tennessee Ernie Ford, Bristol Tn, country vocalist/actor (pea picker) 1920 - Eileen Farrell, Willimantic Conn, opera soprano (Interrupted Melody) 1923 - Yfrah Neaman, Lebanese violinist (d. 2003) 1925 - Gene Ames, singer 1926 - Barney Childs, composer 1930 - Dotty McGuire, Middletown Oh, vocalist (McGuire Sisters) 1934 - George Segal, actor/banjo player (Carbon Copy, Fun with Dick & Jane) 1942 - Peter Tork, American musician and actor (The Monkees) 1945 - Keith Nichols, jazz pianist 1945 - King Floyd, rocker 1945 - Roy Dyke, Liverpool, rock drummer (Ashton, Gardner & Dyke) 1947 - Tony Butler, rock bassist (Big Country-It’s a Big Country, Wonderland) 1950 - Peter Gabriel, Surrey England, rock vocalist (Genesis, In Your Eyes) 1952 - Ed Gagliardi, American rock bassist (Foreigner-Cold As Ice), born in NYC, (d. 2014) 1953 - Rico J. Puno, Filipino pop singer 1955 - Jan de Ligt, Dutch saxophonist (I’ve Got the Bullets) 1955 - Scott Smith, rock bassist (Loverboy-Get Lucky) 1956 - Peter Hook, English rock bassist (New Order-Round & Round, Run) 1957 - Doris King, Nashville Tenn, vocalist (Girls Next Door-Don’t Be Cruel) 1960 - Michael Craig, rock bassist (Culture Club-Do You Want to Hurt Me) 1961 - Henry Rollins, US vocalist/poet (Big Ugly Mouth, Talking From the Box) 1961 - Les Warner, rocker (Cult-Fire Woman) 1966 - Freedom Williams, rock vocalist (C&C Music Factory-Everbody Dance Now) 1969 - Ahlam, Bahraini singer 1970 - Karoline Krüger, Norwegian singer 1971 - Sonia, British singer 1974 - Robbie Williams, English singer 1975 - Iván González, Puerto Rican writer and musician 1976 - Feist, Canadian singer and songwriter 1976 - Dave Padden, Canadian musician (Annihilator) 1978 - Hamish Glencross, Scottish guitarist My Dying Bride 1997 - Michael Jackson Jr, son of Michael Jackson
14. februar
1513 - Domenico Maria Ferrabosco, Italian composer 1572 - Hans Christoph Haiden, composer 1602 - Pier Francesco Cavalli, Italian opera composer 1670 - Georg Gabriel Schutz, composer 1679 - Georg Friedrich Kauffman, composer 1778 - Fernando Sor, Spanish composer (d. 1839) 1813 - Alexander Sergeyevich Dargomyzhsky, composer 1858 - Charles Beach Hawley, composer 1880 - Aida Overton Walker, US dancer/singer (In Dahomey, Salome) 1880 - Edgar Leslie Bainton, composer 1882 - Ignaz Friedman, composer 1892 - Nikolaj A Orloff, Russian/British pianist (Chopin) 1897 - Jorgen Bentzon, composer 1902 - Fred Scott, Fresno California, vocalist/actor (Vincent Lopez) 1902 - Valentin Ruiz Azner, composer 1915 - Irving Gordon, songwriter 1916 - Wawrzyniec Jerzy Zulawski, composer 1921 - Jeanne Demessieux, composer 1922 - Murray "the K" Kaufman, NYC DJ (5th Beatle) 1924 - Arghyris Kounadis, composer 1925 - Elliot Lawrence, Phila, orchestra leader (Guide Right, Howard Cosell) 1931 - Phyllis McGuire, Middletown Oh, vocalist (McGuire Sisters) 1933 - Andrey Mikhaylovich Volkonsky, composer 1933 - Bertram Jay Turetzky, composer 1934 - Florence Henderson, Dale Ind, actress/singer (Carol-Brady Bunch) 1934 - Michel Corboz, Swiss conductor 1937 - Magic Sam, rocker (Chicago Bluesman) 1939 - Chris Pyne, trombonist 1943 - Eric Anderson, vocalist (Avalanche, Be True to You), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 1943 - Maceo Parker, US tenor saxophonist (King’s One, Mo’ Roots) 1945 - Gregory Hines, actor/dancer (White Nights, Taps), born in NYC, New York 1945 - Vic Briggs, England, rocker (Animals) 1946 - Tim Buckley, Wash DC, rocker (Blood, Sweat & Tears-When I Die) 1948 - Wally Tax, Dutch guitarist 1949 - Jimmy Randell, rocker 1950 - Raymond van het Groenewoud, Belgian vocalist/actor (Brussels by Night) 1950 - Roger Fisher, American musician (Heart) 1951 - Michael Doucet, singer/musician (Beausoleil) 1953 - Wayne Siegel, composer 1957 - Soile Isokoski, Finnish soprano 1959 - Renée Fleming, American soprano 1961 - Latifa, Tunisian singer 1963 - D’Wayne Wiggins, singer (Tony! Toni! Tone!) 1971 - Noriko Sakai, Japanese singer 1972 - Mayne One, rocker (Young Nation) 1972 - Rob Thomas, lead singer of pop band Matchbox Twenty 1974 - Filippa Giordano, Italian singer 1976 - Liv Kristine, Norwegian singer (Leaves’ Eyes) 1977 - Nathan Osmond, Utah, vocalist (Osmond Boys) 1977 - Darren Bennett, a Professional Latin Ballroom Dancer 1978 - Dwele, American R&B/Soul singer 1983 - Rhydian Roberts, Welsh Singer, X factor Runner Up 1985 - Heart Evangelista, Filipina singer, TV and movie actress 1985 - Miki Yeung, Hong Kong singer and actress 1987 - Julia Savicheva, Russian singer 1988 - Asia Nitollano, American dancer, Pussycat Dolls Present: The Search for the Next Doll winner 1988 - Quentin Mosimann, Swiss singer, winner of Star Academy France 7
15. februar
1557 - Alfonso Fontanelli, composer 1571 - Michael Praetorius, Kreuzberg Germany, composer (Syntagma music) 1740 - Ernst Eichner, composer 1760 - Jean-Francois Le Sueur, composer 1783 - Johann Nepomuk Poissl, composer 1789 - Friedrich Fesca, composer 1807 - Ignacy Feliks Dobrzynski, composer 1822 - Theodor Uhlig, composer 1847 - Robert Fuchs, composer 1855 - Gustav Hollaender, composer 1874 - Emilis Melngailis, composer 1885 - Richard Wurz, composer 1893 - Walter Donaldson, US pianist/composer (Girl Crazy, Whoopee) 1899 - Georges Auric, Lodve France, Composer 1905 - Harold Arlen, [Hyman Arluck], US, composer (Over the Rainbow) 1907 - Jean Langlais, composer 1920 - Ingmar Milveden, composer 1927 - Gottfrid Grasbeck, composer 1937 - Zoltan Pesko, composer 1941 - Brian Holland, US pianist/producer (Holland/Dozier/Holland) 1944 - Mick Avory, rock drummer (Kinks-Lola) 1945 - John Helliwell, British musician (Supertramp) 1947 - John Adams, Worcester Mass, composer (Nixon in China) 1949 - Christopher Rouse, composer 1949 - Hans Graf, Austrian conductor 1951 - Melissa Manchester, Bronx NY, vocalist (Don’t Cry Out Loud) 1957 - Jake E Lee, rocker (Badlands-Dreams in the Dark) 1959 - Ali Campbell, British reggae vocalist/guitarist (UB40-Red Red Wine) 1960 - Mikey Craig, rock bassist (Culture Club-Do You Really Want to Hurt Me) 1967 - Jane Child, Canadian musician 1968 - Axelle Red, Belgian singer and songwriter 1969 - Bryan Williams, American record executive and rapper 1970 - Gloria Trevi, Mexico, sexy spanish vocalist (A Gatas) 1974 - Tomi Putaansuu, Finnish singer (Lordi) 1976 - Brandon Boyd, American musician (Incubus) 1976 - Ronnie Vannucci Jr., American musician (The Killers) 1977 - Brooks Wackerman, American musician (Bad Religion) 1978 - Kimberly Goss, American singer and musician (Sinergy) 1980 - Conor Oberst, American singer and songwriter (Bright Eyes) 1981 - Matt Hoopes, American musician (Relient K) 1981 - Olivia Longott, American singer 1983 - Ashley Tesoro, American actress and singer 1984 - Dorota Rabczewska, Polish singer (Virgin)
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